Letters to the Editor, Nov. 7, 2019: History could be repeating itself

Encana Corp.'s decision to move its corporate domicile to the U.S. is a "setback" but is not indicative of a crisis in the Canadian energy sector, one of the country's top bankers said Friday.Jim Urquhart / Reuters

JUST AS PLANNED Everything is starting to fall into place for the incompetent fool that is our prime minister. I’m sure he could hardly sleep he was so excited to hear about Encana’s head office leaving Calgary to be placed in the United States. Of course he is trying his very best to get that pipeline built to stop this kind of thing from happening. Sure. This is exactly what this idiot wants, part of the socialist agenda where, because most investment is leaving Canada, never to come back, the government will have to take over the energy industry, sound familiar? Absolutely incomprehensible how this clown was re-elected. KEITH D. THORNTON(Yes, it is.)

MARCHING ORDERS Mayor (Naheed) Nenshi, this is from a retired guy who has his feet on Alberta soil and who lives in Calgary. I do not authorize, I repeat, I do not authorize you or any other council member to go calling on (Justin) Trudeau to fund the Green Line. Asking Canadian taxpayers to fund this is far from being professional. It’s time you started to be respectful of all taxpayers, and forget about your legacy. Your actions concerning the private property owners and Calgary business owners has shown your disrespectful attitude and mismanagement. DOUGLAS CASSELL(Will he be listening?)

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT Encana’s exit from Canada should come as no surprise, considering Justin Trudeau’s campaign call for the rest of Canada to gang up against Alberta and “Big Oil”. Unlike sour grapes letter writer Laurie Brown, I am not a long time Albertan, but Albertan born and raised. I am witness to the hard work that built this province, which has more than generously supported the rest of Canada with enormous sums of free handout bucks. That includes those who came here to work and send money home to sustain their families. I would like to extend an invitation to any such ingrate transplants to feel free to cast off this province which has not “given” enough to attain your gratitude, and rejoin the rest of the Eastern Canadian hypocrites. Matt Hudson(Bitterness knows no bounds in Alberta these days.)

TIME AND TIME AGAIN Re: “Daylight Saving Time brings higher risk of wildlife collisions: AMA”, by Anna Junker Junker has it backwards. Daylight time does not bring dusk an hour earlier. The change back to standard time does, though. JOHN GLASS(The fog of time change.)

HOUSE CLEANING I agree with Anthony Furey. The Conservatives are so afraid of being called names by the regressive left they get weak in the knees and refuse to stand for what they believe and value. Look no farther than Premier Jason Kenney. While he and the UCP were in opposition they proclaimed they were going to clean up the mess in Alberta’s fiscal house. All the UCP did was a little vacuuming and dusting and swept the mess under the rug. It makes wonder if politicians were ever told: you can’t have it; can’t afford it. JEFFREY ANDERSON(You are not watching what we’re watching. Alberta can’t be fixed overnight.)

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